Pan Mee is one of Suanie’s favorite local dishes, a few weekends ago I joined her and a few others to one of the newer Pan Mee centric restaurants that sprung out these few years. We went to Cha Cha Pan Mee at Aman Suria.

Cha Cha Pan Mee at Aman Suria

I must say, pan mee isn’t one of the dishes that jumps to my mind when it comes to hawker food. Being from Penang (you virtually can’t find pan mee there), it took a little while for me to get used to, but I’m starting to like it more now. Especially one with good chili sauce to go with.

original pan mee with poach egg

Cha Cha Pan Mee is located just by Jalan Bukikt Mayang Emas with ample parking space right in front of the restaurant. The restaurant itself is air conditioned and clean.

I ordered the original pan mee with poach egg (RM 6.50). It came with minced pork, pork slice, anchovies, mushroom, fuchok, and of course, the potato leave found in all proper pan mee. It was actually pretty good, and the chili paste was lovely too. My only complain would be the serving size, it was a bit too massive!

stew pork, dried pan mee, seafood ramen

Haze ordered the stew pork with rice (that curiously served with a side of anchovies) and gave very positive feedbacks. The others had seafood ramen and dried pan mee. No one had any complains but most of us couldn’t finish our portion.

Cha Cha is a pretty decent place if you’re looking for a comfortable hawker dining without all the sweat and hassle of a kopitiam. The extra RM 2 or so per dish is well worth it.

KY, i agree with you, i think most Penangites are not really into Pan Mee… i’ve been here for 10 years and i still don’t quite like Pan Mee… i can only recall one Pan Mee stall in Penang Island that’s quite nice, just below the Bkt Jambul flats.

Since you described it so good, I must go try. I only frequent the BKT shop along the main road there, forgot the name of the shop. The one next to the Hokkien mee shop.. 🙂 Great recommendations there. 🙂